US Legislation | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress | House

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB1073	Intro Sine Die	Designates the U.S. courthouse to be constructed at a specified site in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse." [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 173.
HB1063	Intro Sine Die	Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012 - (Sec. 2) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to reimbursement to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) by a health plan for any conditional Medic... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-20 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 112-715, Part I.
HB6688	Intro Sine Die	Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act - Title I: Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act - Subtitle A: Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act - Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012 - Makes permanent: (1) the Economic Growth and Tax Re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Rules Committee
HB6687	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to add vaccines against seasonal influenza to the list of those vaccines subject to the excise tax on taxable vaccines. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6686	Intro Sine Die	Mercury Use Reduction Act of 2012 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy
HB6685	Intro Sine Die	Protect Law Enforcement Armor Act or the PLEA Act - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) expand the definition of "armor piercing ammunition" to include a projectile that may be used in a handgun and that is determined by the Attorney G... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Judiciary Committee
HB6683	Intro Sine Die	Hurricane Sandy Tax Relief Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax benefits for individuals and businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy, including: an exemption from the gross income limitation for deducting casualty losses att... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6682	Intro Sine Die	Standard Data and Technology Advancement Act of 2012 or Standard DATA Act of 2012 - Amends part A of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the head of the department or agency responsible for administering certain human services programs to d... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Subcommittee on Health
HB6679	Intro Sine Die	Tim Fagan's Law or Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a criminal fine and/or imprisonment for a person who: (1) knowingly causes a prescription drug to be adulterated, misbranded, o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Subcommittee on Health
HB6676	Intro Sine Die	Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2012 - Amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to direct the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to study and identify any potential threats to privacy protections posed by the integration of u... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
HB6662	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) establish a pilot program to be known as the Road User Fee Pilot Project to study alternatives to the system of taxing motor vehicle fuels, including alternatives based upon the mileage of vehicles subjec... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Subcommittee on Energy and Power
HR839	Intro Sine Die	Declares that the House of Representatives has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, a Senator from Hawaii. Declares that when the House adjourns on December 19, 2012, it stand ad... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB6645	Intro Sine Die	Save and Strengthen Medicare Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new Medicare part E (Unified Medicare with Choice and Competition) which prohibits benefit coverage for an individual under either Medi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Subcommittee on Health
HR836	Intro Sine Die	Provides for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the 113th Congress to be printed as a House document, including 3,000 additional copies. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR837	Intro Sine Die	Declares that the House of Representatives has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, a Senator from Hawaii. Declares that when the House adjourns on December 19, 2012, it stand ad... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Administration Committee
HR838	Intro Sine Die	Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of State should take the appropriate steps in the United Nations (U.N.) to amend Article 22 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice to move the seat of the court from... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
HB6504	Engross Sine Die	Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase from $225 million to $350 million the maximum amount of outstanding leverage to be made available by the Small Business Adminis... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 Received in the Senate.
HR668	Intro Sine Die	Refers H.B. 5862, relating to members of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma (O-Gah-Pah), to the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for a determination as to whether the Tribe and its members have Indian trust-related legal or equitable claims ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-19 On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 398 - 5 (Roll no. 635). (text: CR H7280-7281)
HB6681	Intro Sine Die	Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 815 County Road 23 in Tyrone, New York, as the "Specialist Christopher Scott Post Office Building." [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-18 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
HB6680	Intro Sine Die	Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2012 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit a person from possessing a firearm unless that person has been issued a firearm license under this Act or a state system cert... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-18 To House Judiciary Committee
HB6677	Intro Sine Die	Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for mortgage interest, to: (1) allow, in lieu of such deduction, a tax credit for 20% of mortgage interest paid in a taxable year for th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-18 To House Financial Services Committee
HB6678	Intro Sine Die	College Research Education and Teacher Excellence (CREATE) Opportunity Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the research tax credit permanent. Makes 100% of a taxpayer's expenditures for qualified research at an institution of highe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-18 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6675	Intro Sine Die	Economic Stimulus, Tax Credit Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a debit card stimulus program for issuing pre-loaded six-month debit cards to eligible taxpayers. Prescribes the amount on the debit card to be the sum of: (1)... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-18 To House Armed Services Committee
HR835	Intro Sine Die	Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should: (1) adopt a target of 350 parts per million of atmospheric carbon dioxide by which to evaluate domestic and international climate change policies, and (2) develop dome... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-18 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
HR819	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives any documents and legal memoranda in the Attorney General's possession relating to the practice of targeted killing of United States citizens and targets abroad. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-18 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 168.
HB6582	Pass	American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to exempt a walk-in cooler or walk-in freezer component manufactured on or after January 1, 2009, from the requirement that it con... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-18 Became Public Law No: 112-210.
HB3187	Pass	March of Dimes Commemorative Coin Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 500,000 $1 silver coins emblematic of the mission and programs of the March of Dimes. Requires the design of the coins to be emblematic of t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-18 Became Public Law No: 112-209.
HB6674	Intro Sine Die	Earnings Contingent Education Loans Act of 2012 or the ExCEL Act of 2012 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make students ineligible to receive Direct Loans (DLs) on or after July 1, 2014. Makes certain exc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-17 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6673	Intro Sine Die	Parental Bereavement Act of 2012 or Sarah Grace Act of 2012 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of the death of a son or daughter. Allows ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-17 To House Administration Committee
HR833	Intro Sine Die	Condemns the senseless attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012. Offers condolences to all of the students, teachers, administrators, and faculty of Sandy Hook Elementary School, as well as their families, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-17 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB6651	Intro Sine Die	Securing Our Borders and Our Data Act of 2011 [sic] - Sets forth rules for the search or seizure at a U.S. border of digital electronic devices or digital storage media. Prohibits a search of the digital contents of such devices or media unless such ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-17 To House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security
HB6642	Intro Sine Die	Customs Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2012 - Establishes U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBPA), headed by the Commissioner of U.S. C... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-17 To House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security
HB4362	Engross Sine Die	Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act of 2012 or the STOP Identity Theft Act of 2012 - Calls for the Attorney General to: (1) make use of all existing resources of the Department of Justice (DOJ), including task forces, to bring m... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-17 To Senate Judiciary Committee
HB3548	Intro Sine Die	North American Energy Access Act - (Sec. 2) Prohibits construction, operation, or maintenance of the oil pipeline and related facilities described in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Keystone XL Pipeline Project issued by the De... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-17 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 515.
HB6156	Pass	Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 - Title I: Permanent Normal Trade Relations for the Russian Federation - (Sec. 102) Authorizes the President to: (1) determine that title IV (Jackson-... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-14 Became Public Law No: 112-208.
HB4297	Intro Sine Die	Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-14 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 513.
HB3283	Intro Sine Die	Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Commodity Exchange Act regarding extra-territorial swap transactions between: (1) a registered swap dealer who is either a U.S. person or a person whose parent company is a U.S. person; and (2) a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-14 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 512.
HB6658	Intro Sine Die	Urban Competitiveness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any capital gain from the sale or exchange of a stock, partnership, or business property interest invested in an enterprise zone area which had an average unemp... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6659	Intro Sine Die	Urban Recovery and Growth Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the issuance of economic development extension bonds for the purpose of economic development or refinancing the indebtedness of a city that has an average unemployment rate... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6660	Intro Sine Die	Personal Holding Company Tax Parity and Reinvestment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude dividends received by a U.S. shareholder from a controlled foreign corporation from the definition of "personal holding company income" for purpose... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6661	Intro Sine Die	Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Red River Avenue North in Cold Spring, Minnesota, as the "Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office." [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
HB6667	Intro Sine Die	Financial Consumers Association Act of 2012 - Authorizes the establishment of, and sets forth operational requirements for, a nonprofit corporation to be known as the Financial Consumers Association whose mission shall be to advance the rights and re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Financial Services Committee
HB6668	Intro Sine Die	Workers Solidarity Act of 2012 - Requires any person found by a final decision or order to have engaged in an unfair labor practice in violation of the National Labor Relations Act to: (1) be proposed for debarment for five years from any federal con... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
HB6669	Intro Sine Die	Foster Youth Higher Education Opportunities Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to inform students who indicate on their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
HB6663	Intro Sine Die	Makes permanent: (1) the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and (2) provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 that reduce tax rates on capital gain and dividend income. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Ways And Means Committee
HB6654	Intro Sine Die	Foreign Counterfeit Merchandise Prevention Act - Amends the federal criminal code to provide that it shall not be a violation of the prohibition against a federal employee disclosing trade secrets or other confidential or proprietary information for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Judiciary Committee
HB6657	Intro Sine Die	Egypt Accountability and Democracy Promotion Act - States that U.S. policy shall be to use its foreign assistance for Egypt to advance U.S. national security interests in Egypt, including encouraging the advancement of political, economic, and religi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
HR832	Intro Sine Die	Recognizes the 100th birthday of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Commemorates the legacy of Rosa Parks to inspire all people of the United States to stand up for freedom and the principles of the Constitution. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Judiciary Committee
HR831	Intro Sine Die	Honors and recognizes David "Dave" Warren Brubeck for his legacy in music composition and jazz, and his contributions to the international community. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
HB5817	Engross Sine Die	Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-12-13 To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee